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Question: Do you believe that joke-webs always work if you do them right?
Answer: Clever question. I can honestly say that in a classroom situation I have
always  managed  to  find  some  jokes  on  whatever  subject  the  class  set,  and
usually it’s an impressive crop of gags. But there again in class I do a big general
joke-web,  I  have  at  least  eight  brains  thinking  and  can  give  it  up  to  an  hour.
When  I  do  mini  joke-webs  at  home  alone,  every  now  and  then  I’ve  had  one
where I’ve only got a few weak puns out of it.
If I’m stuck I always double check the Ways To Think About Words List because
it’s usually my thinking that’s stuck. I also start doing and thinking deliberately
as if there was a class there, applying things back to the previous subject.
Generally  I  know  that  if  I  have  thought  really  hard  about  words,  sayings  and
phrases on my joke-web, thought of alternative meanings and contexts for them
all, even tried to look for a sound-alike, had a break from it and then gone back
through all of the associations, then I can be more than happy in the knowledge
that I have explored that association, and move on to the next one. I usually do
two mini joke-webs at a time so it’s not so upsetting if one doesn’t work out.